John Avlon’s Wingnut Of The Week: Ted Rall and Tom Tancredo

Centrist writer John Avlon, who wrote the must-read book Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politics — a book that documents how centrists and moderates can indeed be passionate and do indeed take political stands — has awarded his latest Wingut Of The Week awards on CNN to two worthy candidates, on the left and right: Ted Rall and Tom Tancredo.

The former chief speechwriter for Rudy Giuliani, now a columnist on The Daily Beast, begins his explanation of his televised segment on CNN on CNN’s blog this way:

In the wingnut view of the world, there is no accusation too extreme and no problem that can’t be solved with a demand for the president’s resignation. Need new proof? Take a look at this week’s wingnuts – Tom Tancredo and Ted Rall.

Go to the link to read his whole post. Here’s his full CNN segment on presenting these highly coveted awards to people who truly earned them: